Microwave heating of dry and water saturated basalt, granite and sandstone

International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-29

  Peinsitt, Thomas ^a   Kuchar, Friedemar ^b   Hartlieb, Philipp ^b   Moser, Peter ^b   Kargl, Hubert ^a   Restner, Uwe ^a   Sifferlinger, Nikolaus A ^a  

^a Sandvik Mining and Construction Central Europe GmbH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

microwave heating of rocks; ultrasound velocity; uniaxial strength; water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860770238     PISSN: 1754890X     EISSN: 17548918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMME.2010.031810     Document Type: Article

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